- Title
- Fishes of the family Xenopoclinidae
- Title
- Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 20
- Creator
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Subject
- Clinidae
- Date Issued
- 1961
- Date
- 1961
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:14982
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018781
- Identifier
- Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 20
- Description
- As is w ell know n, there is a sharp line of distinction at the Cape between the warmer waters of the east and south coast of Africa, and the cool seas of the western Cape areas, with corresponding cleavage in the marine fauna. It was in this cooler area that a specimen of the first member of this group, Xenopoclinus kochi Smith, 1947, was discovered, and at that time it was given subfamily rank in the Clinidae. Until recently only the holotype was known, but now not only have further specimens been secured, but also a second species in this genus, and even more striking is the discovery of a second genus and a third species from the same locality. These forms all show clear relationship with the Blennioid fishes, but despite the numerous families in that order, I cannot find any among them that are so clearly related to the fishes described here, as to be able to assign this small group with certainty to anyone. The peculiar characters appear to merit full family rank, as is given here.
- Description
- Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Format
- [i], 351-356, ill; 28 cm
- Format
- Format
- Online version of original print edition of the Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 20
- Contributor
- Smith, Margaret Mary (Illustrator)
- Publisher
- Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ichthyological bulletin (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
- Rights
- Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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